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...standards and ceremonies, the blatant injustices of the values and principles the system inculcates--all would seem ludicrous in any civilized community, but they are doubly comic when set in one of the nation's greatest universities and practiced by what is supposed to be a substantial segment of this generation's intellectual elite...
Half of the committee comes from House drama associations. Since the proposal would presumably damage House productions, this segment of the group could hardly be expected to view it dispassionately. Significantly, the committee includes no representative from the Opera Guild...
...headline makers of the U.S. air world are supersonic fighters, jet bombers and transports. But today, almost unnoticed amidst the sonic booms, a second segment of the industry is enjoying a rise of unparalleled proportions: the private-plane industry, which is riding the jet stream of its own $1 billion boom...
...wall that separates the man in the laboratory from the rest of us." The opening show put the viewer's eye to microscopes that revealed viruses and, through time-lapse photography, a human cell mushrooming with cancer. It also presented a primer on oceanography and, in the best segment, an exclusive filmed report of Air Force Major David Simons' 20-mile balloon ascent, capturing some of the suspense and loneliness of his mission. The show made a promising start in a major TV project, though its promise somewhat outstripped its performance. Like Walt Disney's learned japery...
...Soul of a Soulless City," Painter C. R. W. Nevinson called it -predeceased McNulty by a few months. John McNulty himself would never have gone on in Nevinson's excitable fashion about a segment of New York's rapid-transit system, but in a subtle, simple way -by drinking, thinking and writing on the avenue-he made the caption come true. This excellent selection of his stories, articles and miscellaneous pieces proves that a man can find wisdom as well as booze in a gin mill...